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Trump blasts Steve Bannon after new book, says he 'lost his mind'

Bannon called meeting between Trump Jr., campaign and Russian lawyer as 'treasonous'

By JILL COLVIN – The Associated Press

Jan. 3, 2018

Mary Schwalm

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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Steve Bannon, speaks during an event in Manchester, N.H. President Donald Trump is blasting his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new, unflattering book. Trump says in the statement that when Bannon was fired, ‚Äúhe not only lost his job, he lost his mind. ‚Äú A new book by writer Michael Wolff offers a series of explosive revelations, including that Trump never expected to win the 2016 race.(AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new, unflattering book that paints the president as juvenile and his White House as chaotic.

Trump, in the statement, says that Steve Bannon "has nothing to do with me or my Presidency" and charges that: "When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind."